The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-10
STRIKE OF THE PRINTERS.
The Idle COmpositors Ask the Information
oil Union to Take Up Their Fight.

The strike Of the Journal and Sentinel print
ers on Friday night was followed by no develop
ments yesterday of more than ordinary interest
About the Offices the usual run Of affairs was OBJ
servabe. except in the condition that would
naturally attend a change in the entire
force OF conpositors. This, of course.
interfered for a time somewhat with
systematic working. but within q few
hours by the entrance of new men, in
creased by several of the old force. who desired
to remain, there did not appear much difference
between the old and new conditions. Last
evening twenty-four non-union printers
rived from Milwaukee. A part of
them were taken on by the Sem
tnel and the remainder took service in the
Journals news-room. This morning forty
printers from other places will reach the city and
be given cases in one the other of the Offices.
This will give each paper its usual force and
permit the work TO be carried on as before the
strike began. By tonight the change will be-
come so far perfected that affairs will run in
their customary channel.
While the propr1etors Of the two papers were
thus arranging their respective establishments
the strikers stood in groups near the Offices dis
cussing the incident in the several phases that
were suggested to them by their interest and
quiet and offered no interference.
In the morning the Typographical
Union No. held meeting at which it was de-
cided to refer the several questions they deemed
as entering into the matter to the Inter
national Typographical Union. Pending the
consideration by that body the strikers will
probably accept the change without public
action. AT this meeting they also adopted
statement for publication presented
by the business committee of the union
which reviewed the situation the striking
printers consider it. In this statement it is
claimed that after consulting with tie proprie-
tors or the various pnion Offices in the city, the
union advanced the scale of prices for book, job
ana newspaper work. 1t is stated that q
majority of the employing printers agreed
! TO pay the new prices. and Friday
evening, the statement continues, a telegram
was received from ST. Louis, to the effect that
party of non-union printers had been organized
at that place and would leave during the night
for indianapolis. As previous Information had
been received the subject. the Sentinel
chapel at onse sent a committee to Mr..
Craig for n positive expression of purpose He
addressed the chapel and told the men that from
then on the service in the Sentinel Office must
be conditioned on a willingness to work inde-
pendent OF the Typographical Union orders.
While this was going on at the Sem
tinel Office similar being
enacted at the Journal establishment
where all the com posin 2 room employees with two
exceptions, went out In conclusion, the state
ment sets forth that the propretors OF the
Journal and Sentinel have done what the most
conservative and least exacting labor organIza-
ton cannot submit to. The committee of the
International Typographical Union has been
summoned here for immediate conference with
the strikers. The truth of this statement the
proprietors of both the Sentinel and Journal
deny.